HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company
Start: 12/16/2003

220040370064 · 12/16/2003 · Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Getting on or off equipment
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 4.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Rio Tinto Group
Operator: Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company
Mine: 5001267

Narrative

THE EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO OPERATOR COMPARTMENT OF 980 LOADER. HE LIFTED HIS LEFT KNEE TO THE NEXT STEP AND FELT A POP DISCOMFORT IN THE KNEE PERSISTED AFTER HIS TWO WEEKS AT WORK ROTATION. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON HIS TWO WEEKS OFF. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON HIS NEXT TWO WEEK ROTATION. ON HIS NEXT TWO WEEKS OFF HE WAS GIVEN TEST RESULTS, DIAGNOSIS WAS A TEAR TO THE KNEE PART

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown